He would have to get the answer some time. Especially as, after the fourth baptism, he had felt fuller.
Did the energy come from somewhere else? If so he would have to replenish at some point. And he'd better find the source before using it up.
So, did his vitality become the main piece of the mysterious machinery? Or was it helping things move more efficiently?
All those questions should be important, but they should also be left for later. Later, when his path for the future had been freed from the immediate obstacles.
He pushed the useless specimens into the pool, and used their weapons to push the scattered bits of their bodies inside too, before adding the weapons.
It was not for anything like hiding his tracks. No, it was just some habits he had cultivated from home to not make a mess, or make sure to clean it.
But after being done, he thought about how he would prove the completion of the hunting task. He had not kept anything.
